Major Announcement: NICO Is Moving!!!

Post by **90Q45blue** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

Members and Guests of NICO:

For the last few years we have been using vBulletin and have had the forums we know and enjoy today; however, we as an administrator team, feel NICO needs and deserves better.

We all know about the problems with the hacking issues in the past few weeks. These were a result of security flaws not in our host or our server, but in vBulletin itself. Also, the goal of NICO is to be even bigger and better in the future and VB cannot provide us with the power we need to do this.

Therefore, it is my extreme pleasure to announce to you that NICO is moving to a different web hosting company and to a new bulletin board software.

First, about the company: we are moving our sites to RelyNet, which is based in Sacramento, CA. This company specializes in automotive forums and their two biggest clients are VW Vortex and Honda-Tech. We are extremely excited to be working with Mike and the rest of the team over at RelyNet.

Next, the software. We will be migrating everything over to a new software called ZeroForum. RelyNet wrote the software themselves so they are the experts and the transition should go relatively smoothly. ZeroForum is more powerful and faster software that will allow us to grow in ways we couldn't before. We can create an awesome new homepage, add more advertisers, create a cool articles section, add a "mall" for parts and cars, etc. and do so much more.

Now I know most of you are nervous like I am over the transition, but I promise you, everything will be worked on in due time. Here are some answers to some questions you may have:

You username, password, signature, information, avatar and post count will all be migrated over to the new server/software so you will not lose anything.

In the next couple of days, we will shut down NICO for about half a day and re-open it on the new forums.

The forums and threads and posts will stay the same as well.

Thank you for your patience with this as we know it will be for the best. And thank you for all you do for NICO, this move wouldn't be possible without members like you. If you have any questions/comments, please post them here and we will do our best to answer them.

Again thank you and get excited. NICO is only going to get better.

For the adminstrator team,

Nick

Post by **silkk** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

wow, awesome!

i can't wait

Post by **Nathan** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

So we wont loose the hottest women ever thread right? I'd be heartbroken!!

Post by **Aries** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

OMG! YAYS!

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

meh... vbulletin > *

actually... vbulletin with mods > *

It sort of lacks the features for articles, and what not...

Post by **rousie13** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

sounds cool

Post by **AZhitman** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

VBulletin is great for simple forums. However, the amount of programming, maintenance and whatnot required to incorporate all of NICO's specialized modifications is enormous.

I don't normally like linking to other forums, but go check out http://www.vwvortex.com. We're not intending to "look" like them, but just rip through the site and check out some of the functionality of it....

THAT'S the future of NICO.

Post by **Nathan** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

If we dont keep the "Fred Quick Reply Box" I'm going to loose it boys!!!!

Post by **Anand** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

Please do check out the VW forum... it's really cool..

I looked at it and Love how it works!

it is going to be great!!

Post by **Phax** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

I'm glad that we are moving onto better software. I was just thinking that I wish NICO was more like Fresh Alloy in terms of the software it runs on. Fresh Alloy is great in terms of keeping track of what posts you have and haven't read. Too bad their page load time is freakin atrocious.

Post by **180crafter** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

NOOOOOOOO

I cant access the site from work. This is the end of 180crafter, my post-whorage, and the Hottest chick thread.

Post by **ilovedrifting** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

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Post by **w1ngzer0** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

good for you. Get away from thoughs dirty admins. Sacramento.... i use to be from there

i miss it much.

Post by **90Q45blue** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

Phax - Actually VB is way more advanced than FreshAlloy is in terms of bulletin board software. UBB boards are really crappy software for customization and they lack any power and take forever to load. Also, there is a limit to how much it can handle. With ZeroForums, we're going to blow older boards outta the water.

180crafter - If you can access NICO from work now, you'll be able to do it after the move.

Nick

Post by **getnrowdy23** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

great....

Post by **w1ngzer0** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

so when is the site going down for moving? you said a couple days. So..... 3 days im guessing for troubles. Lets see what else.

Post by **w1ngzer0** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

180crafter wrote:NOOOOOOOO

I cant access the site from work. This is the end of 180crafter, my post-whorage, and the Hottest chick thread.

You username, password, signature, information, avatar and post count will all be migrated over to the new server/software so you will not lose anything.

Post by **Phax** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

90Q45blue wrote:Phax - Actually VB is way more advanced than FreshAlloy is in terms of bulletin board software. UBB boards are really crappy software for customization and they lack any power and take forever to load. Also, there is a limit to how much it can handle. With ZeroForums, we're going to blow older boards outta the water.

What I like about UBB is the way it handles the last message read in a thread. For instance on Fresh Alloy I can read a thread, go read a few others threads and then notice that there are 2 new posts in the first thread. When I click on the first thread, it will take me to the first of the 2 new posts.

With VB, whenever I click the little down arrow which is supposed to take me to the first unread (by me) post in the thread, instead it takes me to somewhere in the middle of the thread.

I hope that the new software is more like UBB and less like VB in that regard.

Post by **crzycav86** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

I have a question... will the members' pics that are uploaded to NICO be transferred as well?

This sounds like a great idea.

Post by **Sircnay** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

Mmm major hotness. I like the new management.

Post by **BadMojo** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

Anand wrote:Please do check out the VW forum... it's really cool..

I looked at it and Love how it works!

it is going to be great!!

Yeah, I'm a long time browser (never post) on VWVortex and I can attest that it's got excellent up-time. I can't remember the last time those forums were down, and I browse them every day.

Sounds like a hugely postive move for NICO!

Post by **The Mic** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

naice guys

hope the transition goes nice & smooth

Post by **navysnail** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

i take it that all the previos threads/posts from the archives will be transfered?

Post by **PalmerWMD** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

Nathan wrote:If we dont keep the "Fred Quick Reply Box" I'm going to loose it boys!!!!

Thanks for the support!

Fred..

..

PS: It will be a great move!

Post by **90Q45blue** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

UPDATE: Nico will be shutting down sometime within the next 24 hours and will be back up tomorrow, Aug. 31 at 8pm EST.

Nick

Post by **Phax** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

90Q45blue wrote:UPDATE: Nico will be shutting down sometime within the next 24 hours and will be back up tomorrow, Aug. 31 at 8pm EST.

Nick

Man, that means we have to get in two days worth of post whoring in just one day? Damn, better get started!!

+1

Post by **Rockenreno** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

wow, sounds like a great plan guys! Can't wait to check out the new board!

Post by **90Q45blue** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

UPDATE: Nico will shut down tomorrow at Noon EST and open back up at 8PM EST on the new server with the new software.

Nick

Post by **574-240sx** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

This sound pretty good.

Post by **navysnail** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:59 am

cool, good time for me

if we have problems logging in, who should we contact?

and it will be the same web site?

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